81_FR_79056 81 FR 78839 - Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council

81 FR 78839 - Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 217 (November 9, 2016)

Page Range78839-78840
FR Document2016-27042

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a public meeting of the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council (Council). A Federal advisory committee, the Council was created in part to foster partnerships to enhance public awareness of the importance of aquatic resources and the social and economic benefits of recreational fishing and boating in the United States. This meeting is open to the public, and interested persons may make oral statements to the Council or may file written statements for consideration.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 217 (Wednesday, November 9, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 217 (Wednesday, November 9, 2016)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-27042]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-HQ-FAC-2016-N183; FF09F42300-FVWF97920900000-XXX]


Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 
public meeting of the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council 
(Council). A Federal advisory committee, the Council was created in 
part to foster partnerships to enhance public awareness of the 
importance of aquatic resources and the social and economic benefits of 
recreational fishing and boating in the United States. This meeting is 
open to the public, and interested persons may make oral statements to 
the Council or may file written statements for consideration.

DATES: The meeting will take place Tuesday, November 29, 2016, from 
10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) and Wednesday, November 30, 
2016, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. For deadlines and directions on 
registering to attend the meeting, submitting written material, and/or 
giving an oral presentation, please see ``Public Input'' under 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Department of the Interior, 
North Penthouse Conference Room, 1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC 
20240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Bohnsack, Council Coordinator, 
Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council, 5275 Leesburg Pike, 
Mailstop FAC, Falls Church, VA 22041; telephone (703) 358-2435; fax 
(703) 358-2487; or email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the requirements of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., we announce that the 
Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council will hold a meeting.

Background

    The Council was formed in January 1993 to advise the Secretary of 
the Interior, through the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, on aquatic conservation endeavors that benefit recreational 
fishery resources and recreational boating and that encourage 
partnerships among industry, the public, and government. The Council 
represents the interests of the public

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and private sectors of the recreational fishing, boating, and 
conservation communities and is organized to enhance partnerships among 
industry, constituency groups, and government. The 18-member Council, 
appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, includes the Service 
Director and the president of the Association of Fish and Wildlife 
Agencies, who both serve in ex officio capacities. Other Council 
members are directors from State agencies responsible for managing 
recreational fish and wildlife resources and individuals who represent 
the interests of saltwater and freshwater recreational fishing, 
recreational boating, the recreational fishing and boating industries, 
recreational fisheries resource conservation, Native American tribes, 
aquatic resource outreach and education, and tourism. Background 
information on the Council is available at http://www.fws.gov/sfbpc.

Meeting Agenda

    The Council will hold a meeting to consider issues affecting 
recreational fishing and boating programs on federal lands. An 
abbreviated list of planned agenda items include:
     An update on the effects of the Fixing America's Surface 
Transportation (FAST) Act on Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust 
Fund grant programs and other updates from the Services' Wildlife and 
Sport Fish Restoration Program;
     An update and discussion regarding the Council's proposed 
pilot project to improve the efficiency of federal agencies' permitting 
processes associated with boating infrastructure projects (e.g., boat 
dock replacement and maintenance, boat ramp construction and 
maintenance);
     An update on the joint effort by the Sport Fishing and 
Boating Partnership Council, Recreational Boating and Fishing 
Foundation, Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service to develop performance metrics for Recreational 
Boating and Fishing Foundation (RBFF) with its implementation of the 
National Outreach and Communication Program;
     An update from the RBFF;
     A discussion and development of the Council's 
recommendations of priorities for Department of the Interior agencies 
fishing and boating programs for the future;
     An update on the status of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service's Fish and Aquatic Conservation Program;
     Other miscellaneous Council business and programmatic 
updates.
    The final agenda will be posted on the Internet at http://www.fws.gov/sfbpc.

Public Input

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                                              Then you must contact the
                                              Council Coordinator  (see
              If you wish to                   FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
                                               CONTACT) no later than
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Attend the meeting........................  Wednesday, November 23,
                                             2016.
Submit written information or questions     Wednesday, November 23,
 before the meeting for the council to       2016.
 consider during the meeting.
Give an oral presentation during the        Wednesday, November 23,
 meeting.                                    2016.
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Attendance

    The Council meeting will be held at the North Penthouse, Department 
of the Interior, Main Interior Building, 1849 C Street NW., Washington, 
DC 20240. Signs will be posted to direct attendees to the specific 
conference room.

Submitting Written Information or Questions

    Interested members of the public may submit relevant information or 
questions for the Council to consider during the meeting. Written 
statements must be received by the date listed above in ``Public 
Input,'' so that the information may be made available to the Council 
for their consideration prior to the meeting. Written statements must 
be supplied to the Council Coordinator in one of the following formats: 
One hard copy with original signature, and one electronic copy via 
email (acceptable file formats are Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS 
PowerPoint, or rich text file).

Giving an Oral Presentation

    Individuals or groups requesting to make an oral presentation 
during the meeting will be limited to 2 minutes per speaker, with no 
more than a total of 30 minutes for all speakers. Interested parties 
should contact the Council Coordinator, in writing (preferably via 
email; see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), to be placed on the public 
speaker list for this meeting. To ensure an opportunity to speak during 
the public comment period of the meeting, members of the public must 
register with the Council Coordinator. Registered speakers who wish to 
expand upon their oral statements, or those who had wished to speak but 
could not be accommodated on the agenda, may submit written statements 
to the Council Coordinator up to 30 days subsequent to the meeting.

Meeting Minutes

    Summary minutes of the meeting will be maintained by the Council's 
Designated Federal Officer (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) and 
will be available for public inspection within 90 days of the meeting 
and will be posted on the Council's Web site at http://www.fws.gov/sfbpc.

    Dated: October 25, 2016.
Stephen Guertin,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 2016-27042 Filed 11-8-16; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 217 / Wednesday, November 9, 2016 / Notices 78839 205–726–2667 (telephone) or 205–726– the Guyandotte River crayfish DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 2479 (fax). (Cambarus veteranus) and Big Sandy SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We invite crayfish (Cambarus callainus) in Fish and Wildlife Service review and comment from local, State, Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia [FWS–HQ–FAC–2016–N183; FF09F42300– and Federal agencies and the public on and 22 species of endangered and FVWF97920900000–XXX] applications we have received for threatened freshwater mussels in Ohio permits to conduct certain activities and West Virginia for presence/absence Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership with endangered and threatened species surveys. Council under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Permit Application Number: TE AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 139474–8 Interior. amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; Act), and our regulations in the Code of Applicant: FTN Associates, Ltd., Little ACTION: Notice of meeting. Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17. Rock, AR SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and With some exceptions, the Act prohibits Wildlife Service (Service), announce a activities with listed species unless a The applicant requests renewal of their permit to continue to live-trap and public meeting of the Sport Fishing and Federal permit is issued that allows Boating Partnership Council (Council). such activities. The Act requires that we release the American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) for presence/ A Federal advisory committee, the invite public comment before issuing Council was created in part to foster these permits. absence surveys in Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. partnerships to enhance public Public Availability of Comments awareness of the importance of aquatic Permit Application Number: TE resources and the social and economic Before including your address, phone 22311A–3 benefits of recreational fishing and number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your Applicant: Anna George, Tennessee boating in the United States. This comment, you should be aware that Aquarium, Chattanooga, TN meeting is open to the public, and your entire comment—including your interested persons may make oral personal identifying information—may The applicant requests amendment of statements to the Council or may file be made publicly available at any time. her current permit to add authorization written statements for consideration. While you can ask us in your comment to take (capture, handle, take fin clips, DATES: The meeting will take place to withhold your personal identifying and release) the Cumberland darter Tuesday, November 29, 2016, from information from public review, we (Etheostoma susanae) in Kentucky and 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) cannot guarantee that we will be able to Tennessee for a population genetics and Wednesday, November 30, 2016, do so. study. from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. For deadlines and directions on registering Permit Applications Permit Application Number: TE to attend the meeting, submitting 171516–5 Permit Application Number: TE written material, and/or giving an oral 136808–3 Applicant: Copperhead Environmental presentation, please see ‘‘Public Input’’ Consulting, Paint Lick, KY under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. Applicant: Loggerhead Marinelife ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at Center, Juno Beach, FL The applicant requests amendment of the Department of the Interior, North The applicant requests a permit to tag their current permit to add the State of Penthouse Conference Room, 1849 C (flipper tag, PIT-tag, and attach satellite Virginia as a geographic location in Street NW., Washington, DC 20240. transmitters) to rehabilitated sea turtles which presence/absence surveys for 36 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: prior to release in Florida. The sea turtle species of endangered mussels may be conducted and add authorization to take Brian Bohnsack, Council Coordinator, species are the green (Chelonia mydas), Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership loggerhead (Caretta caretta), leatherback (capture, handle, release) the Kentucky arrow darter (Etheostoma spilotum) in Council, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Mailstop (Dermochelys coriacea), hawksbill FAC, Falls Church, VA 22041; (Eretmochelys imbricata), Kemp’s ridley Kentucky for presence/absence surveys. telephone (703) 358–2435; fax (703) (Lepidochelys kempii), and olive ridley Permit Application Number: TE 358–2487; or email brian_bohnsack@ (Lepidochelys olivacea) sea turtles. 11044C–0 fws.gov. Permit Application Number: TE Applicant: Tyler C. Newman, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 06337C–0 Richmond, KY accordance with the requirements of the Applicant: Zachary J. Loughman, West Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 Liberty, WV The applicant requests a permit to U.S.C. App., we announce that the Sport take (mist-net, handle, band, radio-tag) Fishing and Boating Partnership The applicant requests a permit to the gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Indiana Council will hold a meeting. take (capture, handle, identify, release) bat (Myotis sodalis), and northern long- the Guyandotte River crayfish eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) in 37 Background (Cambarus veteranus) and Big Sandy States for presence/absence surveys. The Council was formed in January crayfish (Cambarus callainus) for 1993 to advise the Secretary of the presence/absence surveys in Kentucky, Authority: We provide this notice under Interior, through the Director of the U.S. sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES section 10(c) of the Act. Virginia, and West Virginia. Fish and Wildlife Service, on aquatic Dated: November 2, 2016. conservation endeavors that benefit Permit Application Number: TE Christine Willis, recreational fishery resources and 06338C–0 Acting Assistant Regional Director, Ecological recreational boating and that encourage Applicant: David A. Foltz, Weirton, WV Services, Southeast Region. partnerships among industry, the The applicant requests a permit to [FR Doc. 2016–27039 Filed 11–8–16; 8:45 am] public, and government. The Council take (capture, handle, identify, release) BILLING CODE 4333–15–P represents the interests of the public VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:29 Nov 08, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00068 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\09NON1.SGM 09NON1

78840 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 217 / Wednesday, November 9, 2016 / Notices and private sectors of the recreational Meeting Agenda Council, Recreational Boating and fishing, boating, and conservation Fishing Foundation, Association of Fish The Council will hold a meeting to communities and is organized to and Wildlife Agencies and U.S. Fish consider issues affecting recreational enhance partnerships among industry, and Wildlife Service to develop fishing and boating programs on federal constituency groups, and government. performance metrics for Recreational The 18-member Council, appointed by lands. An abbreviated list of planned Boating and Fishing Foundation (RBFF) the Secretary of the Interior, includes agenda items include: with its implementation of the National the Service Director and the president of • An update on the effects of the Outreach and Communication Program; the Association of Fish and Wildlife Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act on Sport Fish Restoration • An update from the RBFF; Agencies, who both serve in ex officio capacities. Other Council members are and Boating Trust Fund grant programs • A discussion and development of directors from State agencies and other updates from the Services’ the Council’s recommendations of responsible for managing recreational Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration priorities for Department of the Interior fish and wildlife resources and Program; agencies fishing and boating programs individuals who represent the interests • An update and discussion regarding for the future; of saltwater and freshwater recreational the Council’s proposed pilot project to • An update on the status of the U.S. fishing, recreational boating, the improve the efficiency of federal Fish and Wildlife Service’s Fish and recreational fishing and boating agencies’ permitting processes Aquatic Conservation Program; industries, recreational fisheries associated with boating infrastructure • Other miscellaneous Council resource conservation, Native American projects (e.g., boat dock replacement business and programmatic updates. tribes, aquatic resource outreach and and maintenance, boat ramp construction and maintenance); The final agenda will be posted on the education, and tourism. Background Internet at http://www.fws.gov/sfbpc. information on the Council is available • An update on the joint effort by the at http://www.fws.gov/sfbpc. Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Public Input Then you must contact the Council Coordinator If you wish to (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) no later than Attend the meeting ................................................................................................................ Wednesday, November 23, 2016. Submit written information or questions before the meeting for the council to consider Wednesday, November 23, 2016. during the meeting. Give an oral presentation during the meeting ...................................................................... Wednesday, November 23, 2016. Attendance Coordinator, in writing (preferably via DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR The Council meeting will be held at email; see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), to be placed on the public Fish and Wildlife Service the North Penthouse, Department of the Interior, Main Interior Building, 1849 C speaker list for this meeting. To ensure [FWS–R8–ES–2016–N194]; Street NW., Washington, DC 20240. an opportunity to speak during the [FXES11130800000–178–FF08E00000] Signs will be posted to direct attendees public comment period of the meeting, to the specific conference room. members of the public must register Endangered Species Recovery Permit with the Council Coordinator. Applications Submitting Written Information or Registered speakers who wish to expand Questions AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, upon their oral statements, or those who Interested members of the public may Interior. had wished to speak but could not be submit relevant information or ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit accommodated on the agenda, may questions for the Council to consider applications; request for comment. submit written statements to the during the meeting. Written statements Council Coordinator up to 30 days SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and must be received by the date listed subsequent to the meeting. Wildlife Service, invite the public to above in ‘‘Public Input,’’ so that the Meeting Minutes comment on the following applications information may be made available to to conduct certain activities with the Council for their consideration prior Summary minutes of the meeting will endangered species. With some to the meeting. Written statements must be maintained by the Council’s exceptions, the Endangered Species Act be supplied to the Council Coordinator Designated Federal Officer (see FOR (Act) prohibits activities with in one of the following formats: One FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) and will endangered and threatened species hard copy with original signature, and be available for public inspection within unless a Federal permit allows such one electronic copy via email 90 days of the meeting and will be activity. The Act also requires that we (acceptable file formats are Adobe posted on the Council’s Web site at invite public comment before issuing Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS http://www.fws.gov/sfbpc. recovery permits to conduct certain PowerPoint, or rich text file). activities with endangered species. sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES Giving an Oral Presentation Dated: October 25, 2016. DATES: Comments on these permit Stephen Guertin, applications must be received on or Individuals or groups requesting to make an oral presentation during the Deputy Director. before December 9, 2016. meeting will be limited to 2 minutes per [FR Doc. 2016–27042 Filed 11–8–16; 8:45 am] ADDRESSES: Written data or comments speaker, with no more than a total of 30 BILLING CODE 4333–15–P should be submitted to the Endangered minutes for all speakers. Interested Species Program Manager, U.S. Fish and parties should contact the Council Wildlife Service, Region 8, 2800 Cottage VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:42 Nov 08, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00069 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\09NON1.SGM 09NON1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of meeting.
DatesThe meeting will take place Tuesday, November 29, 2016, from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) and Wednesday, November 30, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. For deadlines and directions on registering to attend the meeting, submitting written material, and/or giving an oral presentation, please see ``Public Input'' under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ContactBrian Bohnsack, Council Coordinator, Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Mailstop FAC, Falls Church, VA 22041; telephone (703) 358-2435; fax (703) 358-2487; or email [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 78839 
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